The amino-terminal domain of pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase is dispensable in vitro but required for in vivo activity

FEBS Letters

Volumn 581, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 3197-3203

  Herring, Stephanie ^a   Ambrogelly, Alexandre ^a   Gundllapalli, Sarath ^a   O'Donoghue, Patrick ^a   Polycarpo, Carla R ^a   Söll, Dieter ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase; Pyrrolysine; Pyrrolysyl tRNA synthetase; tRNA

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE; LYSINE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLYSINE; PYRROLYSYL TRANSFER RNA SYNTHETASE; SYNTHETASE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACIL;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CODON; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; DESULFITOBACTERIUM HAFNIENSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; METHANOSARCINA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; BASE SEQUENCE; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; LYSINE; METHANOSARCINA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFITOBACTERIUM HAFNIENSE; METHANOSARCINACEAE;

EID: 34250793331     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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